Improvement in wash-tub holders



A. M. ULDS.

Wash-Tub Holders.

No. 137,473, PatentedApril1,1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMANDRIN M. OLDS, OF GREELEY, COLORADO TERRITORY.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-TUB HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,473, dated April 1, 1873; application filed December 30, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. M. OLDs, of the town of Greeley, in the county of Weld and Territory of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Wash-Tub Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

In said drawing, Figure l is a front elevation of my invention, showing it as adjusted and in use. Fig. 2 is a View of the same in a compact form when not in use.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in a suitable device being provided for holding wash-tubs of various sizes at any desired height, and readily adjusted-to conform to the height of the person using, and when not in use be folded up, so as to only occupy an economical space.

A is an oblong triangular center-piece, near the lower end of which are pivoted, by screws B, legs 0, said legs or pieces, on their inner upper portion, having notches D provided, in which tubs of various sizes may securely rest. E are short flat pieces of iron, one end of which is pivoted, by screws F, to the pieces 0, the

otherends havingopenings or notches Hforined on the under side, suitable for hooking onto screws or pins I when adjustments are made, thus holding it firmly in position at any height required.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let-' ters Patent, is

The leg-pieces (J, provided with suitable bearings or notches D, whereby tubs may be securely held in position, when arranged in combination with the adjustable pieces E and center-block A, substantially as described.

AMANDRIN M. ()LDS.

Witnesses WM. H. Posr, A. (J. BATES. 

